Conservative talk show host Rush
Limbaugh gave an impassioned defense of
Michele
Bachmann today, standing up for the Minnesota
Congresswoman who has come under fire for suggesting that top
Hillary
Clinton aide Huma Abedin has ties to the
Muslim Brotherhood.

"She's doing her Constitutional duty," Limbaugh said on
his daily radio show today. "Bachmann's inquiry is justified —
and there is no reason to tar and feather her. It is a legitimate
question to know if one of Hillary Clinton's top aides poses a
national security threat because of her parents ties to the
Muslim Brotherhood."

Bachmann found herself persona non grata last week over a letter
that she and four other conservative members of Congress sent to
the State Department requesting an inquiry into Abedin, who is
also the wife of former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner. The
letter drew harsh reactions from Establishment Republicans,
including Arizona
Senator John McCain, who tore into Bachmann for the letter in a
floor speech, and House Speaker John
Boehner, who called the accusations "very dangerous."

But Limbaugh said he thinks Bachmann's questions about
Abedin are legitimate, adding that he believes the criticism is
part of "an effort by the Republican Establishment to take
Bachmann out."